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decay::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | disintegration, radioactive decay |
| Type of | nuclear reaction |
| Has types | beta decay, alpha decay |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | decomposition |
| Type of | organic phenomenon |
decay::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | decompose, disintegrate |
| Type of | change integrity |
| Verb group | disintegrate |
decay::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | decline |
| Type of | decrement, decrease |
| Has types | exponential return, exponential decay |
decay::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | unsoundness |
| Has types | decomposition, disintegration, rot, rancidity, putrefaction, impairment, deterioration |
the corpse was in an advanced state of decay.
the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair.
decay::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | activity, action, natural process, natural action |
| Has types | rotting, ruin, spoilage, spoiling, tooth decay, dilapidation, dental caries, decomposition, corruption, cavity, caries, putrefaction, breakdown, rot |
Examples of decay
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Allowing the team and the arena to decay is counterproductive to your net worth.
From the sacbee.com
Then it would have no intrinsic tendency to decay into standard-model particles.
From the newscientist.com
Then some would decay to protons when quite nearby, and those would be detected.
From the newscientist.com
Landing on the exclusive annual list could save the steamboat from likely decay.
From the usatoday.com
They found that ozone treatment was 90% as effective as SO2 at preventing decay.
From the sciencedaily.com
Subservience to hard facts, such as time and decay, seldom held Mrs Lauder back.
From the economist.com
To characterize all of the decay modes will require much more data from the LHC.
From the sciencedaily.com
The zirconate withstands the radiation that results from the decay of plutonium.
From the sciencedaily.com
You aren't going to know which half, but you know the overall rate of the decay.
From the economist.com
- The process of gradually becoming inferior
- Disintegrate: lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"
- Fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"
- A gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
- The organic phenomenon of rotting
- An inferior state resulting from the process of decaying; "the corpse was in an advanced state of decay"; "the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair"
- Decay (Jacob Lashinski) was a fictional elderly mutant from Marvel Comics who first appeared in Quicksilver #8.
- Decay is a fictional character owned by DC Comics. She appears as a villain in the Wonder Woman comic book series.
- The Exemplars is a fictional group appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. It was made up of eight humans - Bedlam, Carnivore, Conquest, Decay, Inferno, Juggernaut, Stonecutter, and Tempest - who were empowered by the Octessence.
